Deepak Iyer appointed as CEO and MD of Bharti AXA General Insurance

Deepak Iyer was appointed as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Managing Director (MD) of Bharti AXA General Insurance.

Iyer will take charge from Interim CEO and MD Milind Chalisgaonkar and join the board of company by end of June 2015.

Presently, he is working as the MD-Indian subcontinent at Wrigley India, a subsidiary of the US-based Mars.

Iyer has rich and diverse experience of 22 years across various aspects of management, sales, P&L management, marketing, research and development, operational turnaround and franchise management across different countries.

Earlier, he had worked with PepsiCo for 16 years handling multiple international assignments, including in Africa, North & East India (including Nepal, Bangladesh, & Sri Lanka) and Director-Sales for Modern Trade/ Leisure/ Food service/Travel & Transport channels of the company.